Comments on: Normal Map Baking in Blender 2.5 http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/ Blender Tutorials and Training Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:29:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Jones http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/#comment-57959 Ian Jones Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:30:12 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=3369#comment-57959 SOLVED: The render visibility of the High Poly somehow had been set to off. So it was not rendering its detail to the Low Poly. SOLVED: The render visibility of the High Poly somehow had been set to off. So it was not rendering its detail to the Low Poly.

]]> By: Ian Jones http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/#comment-57922 Ian Jones Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:08:51 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=3369#comment-57922 I found a hack workaround: I created a new object, then assigned the mesh data from my high poly to it. Then I baked with this new object and it worked! Weird, because the mesh data is the same data block, only the object data block is different. what on earth could be wrong? I found a hack workaround:

I created a new object, then assigned the mesh data from my high poly to it. Then I baked with this new object and it worked!

Weird, because the mesh data is the same data block, only the object data block is different. what on earth could be wrong?

]]> By: Ian Jones http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/#comment-57919 Ian Jones Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:56:03 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=3369#comment-57919 Other objects seem to bake their normals to the low poly mesh, but the high poly mesh I derived the low from just bakes a flat normal map! argh... Other objects seem to bake their normals to the low poly mesh, but the high poly mesh I derived the low from just bakes a flat normal map! argh…

]]> By: Ian Jones http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/#comment-57911 Ian Jones Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:15:45 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=3369#comment-57911 I have a problem where the normal map just bakes as flat purple islands... why is the detail not baking properly? I've looked at the process in detail but can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I have a problem where the normal map just bakes as flat purple islands… why is the detail not baking properly? I’ve looked at the process in detail but can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.

]]> By: Jonathan Williamson http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/#comment-45566 Jonathan Williamson Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:02:23 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=3369#comment-45566 Hi Arn, Before baking you have to select all your UVs while the low-res model is in Edit Mode and assign a new image to them. Then you can bake. -Jonathan Hi Arn,

Before baking you have to select all your UVs while the low-res model is in Edit Mode and assign a new image to them. Then you can bake.

-Jonathan

]]> By: Arn Sweatman http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/#comment-45306 Arn Sweatman Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:02:08 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=3369#comment-45306 This important topic REALLY needs a video tutorial. All I get is a black object. =[ Thanks in advance. This important topic REALLY needs a video tutorial. All I get is a black object. =[

Thanks in advance.

]]> By: Arn Sweatman http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/#comment-45303 Arn Sweatman Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:52:01 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=3369#comment-45303 "No objects or images found to bake to" “No objects or images found to bake to”

]]> By: jaylen banks http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/#comment-34646 jaylen banks Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:42:38 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=3369#comment-34646 uupp nevermind, i fixed it. it was a big problem with what else i had going on uupp nevermind, i fixed it. it was a big problem with what else i had going on

]]> By: jaylen banks http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/#comment-34226 jaylen banks Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:22:09 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=3369#comment-34226 http://www.pasteall.org/pic/20832 http://www.pasteall.org/pic/20832

]]> By: Jonathan Williamson http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/06/30/normal_maps_blender_2_5/#comment-34218 Jonathan Williamson Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.cgcookie.com/blender/?p=3369#comment-34218 http://pasteall.org works great! http://pasteall.org works great!

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